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PRICE, $1.60 A YEAR, IE ADVANCE. ■ Published Every Thursday Morning. no.H. HODGES, Editor and Publisher Perry, Thursday, October 80. Democrats expect to elect a ma jority of congressmen next Tuesday >-*-* The Georgia state fair is in suo cessful progress at Valdosta, and will continue through Nov. 9th. The fighting in Venezuela last week waB favorable to the govern ment troops commanded by Presi dent Castro. 4 At a recent meeting of the Macon Presbytery at Thomasville, it was deoided to locate the Presbyterian High, School at Roohelle, Emperor William of Germany and Prince Henry of Prussia have been elected -honorary members of the New York Yacht Club. ► *4 . > Senor Don Emilio de Ojeda was received by President Roosevelt last Thursday as the properly accredited minister of Spain to the United States. After living just thirtoen weeks the Athens Tribune suspended pub lioation last Friday, baviug boen sold to the lessee of the Athens Banner. was last A negro boy aged 16 years lynolied near Tallapoosa, Ga., Thursday night. He had commit ted the crime that usually causes a lynohing. - — If no time is lost other than Thanksgiving day, the Georgia leg-, blaoure will adjourn on the 19th of December. Let us hope no time will be squandered. - — — At a recent meeting of the Mis souri Valley Homeopathio Associa tion a resolution condemning kiss ing was adopted. The practice was declared unsanitary. Advices from Paris say France, f'reat Britain and Germany have agreed to withdraw their military forces from China, to be accomplish ed by January 1st, 1903. Qhanges in the method of con ducting the dispensary at Athens will be asked for through a bill pre- 'ented to the Georgia legislature by t.be oity council of Athens. At the Atlanta fair last Thursday Itobert Walthour, the champion bi cyclist, defeated ten horses in a ten- ,uilo race. Each horse ran one mile, ail the bicyclist was paced by an a .immobile. f r is reported from Raleigh, N. 0., that there will be more than 70 uiiils -in the proposed merger of southern cotton mills, aud that the capitalization of the combination will be more than thirty million dollars. Senator Hanna barely escaped physical collapse twice last week, at the conclusion of political speeches. We' don’t care to get rid of his -icthods that way, but his political r elapse would be beneficial to 'the • lire country. It is shrewdly sus- p nited that President Roosevelt en tertains a like opinion. — Senator Bacon has offered sixty ajres.of land in the suburbs of Ma- ■' >n as a site for the proposed Ma- bonic Home to be built by the Ma cons of Georgia. Macon is certain ly the best place in Georgia for the home, being most centrally located a id having other .advantages equal io the best. Bv arbitration the differences be tween the striking miners and the operators in the anthracite^region will be settled. Both sides agreed to the proposition, and the commis sion, consisting of six men, was se lected by President Roosevelt. Last Thursday work was resumed in all mines that had not been injured by disuse or accident during the strike. Several days must yet elapse before the output of the mines reaches the usual quantity, and the findings of the commission will be necessarily delayed seneral weeks, as represen tatives of both sides must be heard, and all conditions carefully consid ered. The Georgia Legislature. The Georgia General Assembly convened Wednesday of last week, with all the members present except two or three. Mr. Clark Howell was re elected president of the Senate without op posieion, and a similar honor was conferred upon Uharlie Northen as secretary of that body. In the House of Representatives the election of speaker was spirited, requiring ten ballots, and resulting in the election of Hon. N. E. Morris of Oobb over Messrs. Mitchell of Thomas and George of Morgan. John T. Boifeuillet of Macon was re-eleoted clerk of the House. Gov. Candler’s last message was read Thursday morning, a strictly business document. In congratu lating the state upon the redaction of the tax rate within his adminis tration from $6.21 to $5.80, he says the present rate will yield a suffi cient amount to meet all the ordina ry expenses of the state for the next year. During the year closed Sept. 30, 1902, the total receipts were $3,- 886,163, and the total disbursements $4,105,705. The excess was to pay arrearages to teachers'and new pen sions, and was made available by the authorized use of a portion of the public property fund to pay in terest on the public debt. In speak ing of pensions, he says there will necessarily be an increase, and de clares that reforms in the pension laws should be made in order to eliminate names that should not be on the list. In reporting upon the failure of the railroad managers to accept the plan of the legislature to build a new depot on the state’s property in Atlanta, he says the con tinuance of the old depot will large ly decrease the value of the state, road, and that a new depot should* be built by the state regardless of other railroads, or extend the state road either to .Brunswick or Savan nah. He advisod that the misde meanor convicts of the counties be placed under direct control of the prison commissioners, that the f system be abolished, and that |. , vate chaingangs should be legaliz -i He recommended the taxalion i t ,, corporation franchises upon tin- sis of the market value of their spective bonds, As to church aud school property used exclusively for such purposes, he advised exemption from taxation, and urged an appro priation for a Georgia exhibit at the St. Louis exposition in 1904. He insisted that there should be a gen eral revision of the state constitu tion. By motion of Hon. J. H. Hall of Bibb that portion of the governor’s message relating to the depot was referred to a special committee. On Friday eight bills were intro duced. Gov. Joseph M. Terrell was inau gurated Saturday. The inaugural address was short, and did not outline in detail his pol icies as governor. He declared, how ever, that “the supreme interest of the state and the people lies in the reduction of the rate of taxation and in providing bettor educational ad vantages for the children of the state.” The tax reduction, he said, can be obtained by an economical administration of the affairs of the state, by faithful execution of pres ent tax laws and by cutting off all unnecessary appropriations; by need ful amendments to make every spe cies of 'property bear its equitable share of taxation. ' He favors an ag- icultural school in each congres sional district, by using the net fees from the inspection of fertilizers; this loss to be supplied by an in crease in the hire of convicts. He left for future communication to the legislature an elaboration of his views. The oath of office was ad ministered to Gov. Terrell by Chief Justice Simmons of the Supreme douvt. As an official farewell tribute, the state officials presented to retiring Gov. Candler a chest of silverware. A Houston Invention. Progress should at all times mean improvement, and it is ever a pleas ure to this writer to mention the name of a Houstonian in this con nectioh. Daring the October term of Hous ton Superior court there was on ex hibition in Perry a new basket in tended to supplant the oak split basket for many years used to gath er cotton and other farm products. This basket was invented by Mr. W. L. Means, of near Elko, one of the most progressive farmers of Houston county. Mr. Means has already exhibited this basket at many places in Georgia, and in oth er states, and people of all classes tell him it is “just the thing” for which it was made. He is organiz ing a stock company for its manu facture and sale on a large scale. Of course the basket is patented, and its name is “Means’ Handy Basket.” The basket is made with a band iron frame, with fiat rim at bottom and round rim at top, the filling be ing of stout cotton duck, detachable from the frame at will. The frame is practically everlasting, and the “filling” id more durable than the split-oak affairs. The baskets are made in several sizes, from a half bushel with handle, to a basket that will hold about 175 pounds of seed cotton. Whatever the use to which this is applied, you know what the basket holds, what it weighs, and that it is safer and more durable and convenient than any other bas ket heretofore used on a farm, or in a peach orchard, and that it pre vents all waste. These baskets are practically the same weight as the split cotton baskets. Mr. Means has patented a good thing, and we hope it will yield him a handsome fortune. It is reported from Washington that Hon. Hoke Smith of Atlanta does not deny that he will be a can didate for United States senator in 1904, to succeed Senator Bacon. Georgians know that Hr. Smith is an able statesman, but Senator Ba-’ con has been ever equal to the du ties of the high position he occupies. The people are more than satisfied with his service, and he will not be displaced. ►-o-*———— • It is said that a large up-to-date hotel will soon be erected in Atlanta., The Youth’s Companion Calendar Free. The publishers of The Youth’s Oompanion are sending free to new subscribers of the paper for 1903 vi=rv handsome calendar, lithograph- i i in twelve colors, with a border ■ i ; *>Bsed in gold. The exquisite | ..a scene which forms the princi ,jal feature of the calendar is suita ble for framing. The calendar is sold to non-subscribers for 50 cents, but to new subscribers for 1903 it is sent free, with all the issues of The Oompanion for the remaining weeks of 1902, the paper then being sent for a full year, co January, 1904. The Youth’s Companion, 144 Berkely St., Boston, Mass .....— At a recent session of the Ameri can Missionary Association (colored) one. of the delegates, Rev. H. H. Proctor, said there are 7,000,000 ne groes in the south, and that 4,000, 000 of these are outside any church. He further said that the Congrega- tionalists had built more schools and has fewer churches than any other leading denomination. A oonrtaotor from Chicago was in Atlanta last week for the purpose of securing a large lot of Georgia marble to bo used for the interior work of a large building to be erect ed soon in Chicago. He said Geor gia marble, because of its beauty and value, is becomiug more in de mand for such work as above noted. At Wilke3barre, Pa., last Sunday members of the United Mine Work ers Association presented President Mitchell with a gold watch and gold badge, as evidence of their confi dence aud esteem. An explosion of GOO kegs of pow der at a powder mill near Fairmont, W. Va., destroyed $30,000 worth of property last Sunday. Fortunately no person was injured. There is more Catarrh iu this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to he incurable. For a great many years doctors pro nounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, aud by constantly failing to cure with local treatment;, pronounced it incurable, science lias proven catarrh to be a constitu tional disease, and therefore requires constitu tional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manu factured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market It is take.i internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucus suriaces of the system. They offer one hundred, dollars for any cas i itfales to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address. F. J. CFTENV & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. MONEY. Loan* negotiated on improved A»rms, at lowest market rates, and on most liberal terms. 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